About Lisa

Sometimes we only have to look at things slightly differently to change everything.

Lisa loves sharing information that will have a positive impact on the world. Her first article was published in Vitality Magazine in 2002 and this personal growth blog has been online since January 2011. Her work has also been published in Business Venture, Enterprise Magazine, City Parent Magazine, One Thousand Trees, The Eco Guide, and Positively Positive.

Lisa’s workbook, Wake Up to What You Love, was published in 2013 (a free Self-Directed Workbook designed to help you add more joy to your life.)

If you are interested in having Lisa contribute to your publication, she would be happy to speak with you.

4 min read I attended a meditation retreat last summer and heard the poem She Let Go by Safire Rose for the first time. This beautiful poem resonated so deeply with me that I printed it out and put it … Continue reading →

4 min read Today is my mother-in-law’s 90th birthday. Joyce passed away two years ago. I still miss her no-nonsense, real way of looking at life. We didn’t always see eye to eye but now that she is gone I … Continue reading →

4 min read Sometimes innocuous things scare me. Poetry was one of those things. My fear dates back to high school when we had to read poems I didn’t understand, composed of elements I didn’t understand. Iambic pentameter comes to … Continue reading →

3 min read If you follow this blog, you may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything in several months. I’ve been trying to write posts but I haven’t been feeling inspired. So instead of forcing myself to decide whether … Continue reading →

3 min read How much time have you wasted worrying about why someone was seemingly curt or rude to you? Ruminating about what you might have said or done that offended them? If you are like me, probably too much! … Continue reading →

3 min read I’ve always considered myself to be a pretty good communicator. I’m a good listener and usually fairly competent at getting my point across. However, after listening to an online talk by the late Dr. Marshall Rosenberg on … Continue reading →

4 min read My daughter has been applying for summer camp counsellor jobs. She’s been a camp counsellor the last three summers, in addition to being a lifeguard and swim instructor during the school year. Pretty darn qualified! So why did … Continue reading →

4 min read Like most people, I have experienced profound, life-threatening fear over the years – meeting a grizzly bear on a walking trail at Lake Louise, spinning out on ice on Highway 401, a bomb threat on a commercial … Continue reading →

3 min read My daughter recently caused an unfortunate incident at her work place. She is a lifeguard at a pool and without thinking she packed her glass water bottle when she went to work. The bottle fell off the … Continue reading →

3 min read Last month I was driving on a lovely stretch of road surrounded by farm fields, trees, sunshine, and blue sky. There was very little traffic and I wasn’t in a hurry. I couldn’t help but feel great. … Continue reading →